BRIDGEPORT -- An academic coordinator at theUniversity of Bridgeport was arrested after police said he raped a female student in a dormitory room.

Jarrell Brandon, 21, of Bronx, N.Y., was charged with first-degree sexual assault and first-degree unlawful restraint.

He was being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Police said Brandon forced the 18-year-old student into a room where he raped her Friday night. They said Brandon admitted trying to have sex with the young woman even after she repeatedly told him no.

Leslie Geary, a spokesperson for the university, did not name the defendant, but identified him as a university employee. She said she was aware of the incident but couldn't provide any details.

According to police, shortly before 4:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to the university's security office on a call of a sexual assault.

When they got there they met the female student.

Police said she told them she had been visiting some other students on the sixth floor of the Bodine Halldormitory when Brandon entered the room, grabbed one of her boots and fled.

Police said the young woman and a friend chased Brandon into another dorm room where he forced her female friend outside and then slammed the door. Police said Brandon then threw the young woman onto a bed and got on top of her.

Police said the young woman repeatedly told Brandon she didn't want to have sex with him, but Brandon pulled her clothes off and sexually assaulted her.

They said at some point she was able to push Brandon off her. He then handed her back her boot and told her what he had done should remain between the two of them, police said.

Police said the young woman's parents arrived on campus some time later and the three of them were taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center.

Police said they later confronted Brandon but he claimed he initially thought the girl wanted to have sex with him. "He stated he believed it was consensual all along but now could see how she could possibly have seen it otherwise," police said.